NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G2D Mark, PassMark - G3D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.

NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB

Around 15% lower typical power consumption: 130 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt vs 150 Watt

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

Videocard is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 51% higher core clock speed: 1290 MHz vs 855 MHz
Around 16% higher boost clock speed: 1665 MHz vs 1440 MHz
2.1x more texture fill rate: 386.3 GTexel/s vs 184.3 GTexel/s
Around 81% higher pipelines: 7424 vs 4096
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 4 nm vs 8 nm
Around 14% higher memory clock speed: 2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 931 vs 596
Around 80% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 24971 vs 13843
Around 97% better performance in Geekbench - OpenCL: 159976 vs 81157

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2023 vs 22 Mar 2022
Core clock speed	1290 MHz vs 855 MHz
Boost clock speed	1665 MHz vs 1440 MHz
Texture fill rate	386.3 GTexel/s vs 184.3 GTexel/s
Pipelines	7424 vs 4096
Manufacturing process technology	4 nm vs 8 nm
Memory clock speed	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective vs 1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective
Benchmarks
PassMark - G2D Mark	931 vs 596
PassMark - G3D Mark	24971 vs 13843
Geekbench - OpenCL	159976 vs 81157

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile

PassMark - G2D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

596

931

PassMark - G3D Mark

GPU 1

GPU 2

13843

24971

Geekbench - OpenCL

GPU 1

GPU 2

81157

159976

Name	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
PassMark - G2D Mark	596	931
PassMark - G3D Mark	13843	24971
Geekbench - OpenCL	81157	159976
3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score		4179

Compare specifications (specs)

	NVIDIA RTX A3000 Mobile 12GB	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
Essentials
Architecture	Ampere	Ada Lovelace
Code name	GA104	AD104
Launch date	22 Mar 2022	2023
Place in performance rating	119	49
Technical info
Boost clock speed	1440 MHz	1665 MHz
Core clock speed	855 MHz	1290 MHz
Manufacturing process technology	8 nm	4 nm
Peak Double Precision (FP64) Performance	184.3 GFLOPS (1:64)	386.3 GFLOPS (1:64)
Peak Half Precision (FP16) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS (1:1)	24.72 TFLOPS (1:1)
Peak Single Precision (FP32) Performance	11.80 TFLOPS	24.72 TFLOPS
Pipelines	4096	7424
Pixel fill rate	92.16 GPixel/s	133.2 GPixel/s
Texture fill rate	184.3 GTexel/s	386.3 GTexel/s
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	150 Watt
Transistor count	17400 million	35800 million
Video outputs and ports
Display Connectors	Portable Device Dependent	Portable Device Dependent
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements
Interface	PCIe 4.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x16
Supplementary power connectors	None	None
Form factor		IGP
API support
DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_2)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
OpenCL	3.0	3.0
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
Shader Model	6.7	6.7
Vulkan
Memory
Maximum RAM amount	12 GB	12 GB
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	384.0 GB/s
Memory bus width	192 bit	192 bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz, 14 Gbps effective	2000 MHz, 16 Gbps effective
Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6